A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
LIVYLaw is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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